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Playing lawyer, named ben matlock. >> you have no idea. he didnt think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> reporter: fans and friends are now leaving flowers at griffiths star on the hollywood walk of fame. elements of griffiths personal life would have distressed aunt bea, he was married three times. he once said he wished he could have been a little more like sheriff andy taylor. brandi hitt, abc news, new york. >> an iconic era for this country and tv. he has already been buried. h...

>> we came and got some water here. but it is 104 degrees up in the shade at our house now. >> reporter: for those that dont have power, the heat is unfortunately expected to last several more days. it is going to be a scorcher of a 4th of july today. rob, sunny, back to you. >> hot holiday indeed. thanks, karen. and it got so hot in the state of wisconsin that the highway literally buckled. check this out. a suv ended up going, whoop, airborne, when it hit that part of the pavement. passenger...

So they dont run off the road like this unbelted driver who survived his rollover. todays automakers are moving toward not just protecting you from an accident, but avoiding one altogether. and its working. >> this technology is the first steps towards a car that can drive itself. >> reporter: 18 car manufacturers, chevrolet, toyota, ford, chrysler, offer optional forward collision avoidance using radar and lasers embedded in the grill to warn the driver he/she is approaching a slower or stopped...

Recognizable faces in hollywood, and a symbol of a simpler time. both in television and really for the country as well. andy griffith, of course, died tuesday morning. >> he was best known for his role as sheriff andy taylor on "the andy griffith show." abcs brandi hitt has a look back at his life. ♪ >> reporter: to this day, that whistle calls tv viewers back to mayberry where, for eight years beginning in 1960, andy griffith starred as sheriff andy taylor, opies pa. >> you know you have been...

>> theres 20. >> reporter: allowing me to brake or swerve out of harms way. supposedly i am kind of dozing off. if i ignore the warning, the car brakes itself, but not quite aggressively enough. here we go. its going to beep. i am not going to do a thing. it does hit it. run over it and kill it. an optional $1,200 update on most cars. the average accident costs $2,000. these new devices are available already as optional equipment and safety experts say eventually theyll become standard. but even...

♪ everybody loves the underdogs thats my dog ♪ what a festive night on the show. appreciate all ten of you watching. well, an adorable dog is at the center of an ugly custody battle. >> it is a multimillion dollar tug-of-war over a tiny pomeranian. our paula faris has the story. >> reporter: meet sammy, the picture perfect pooch now at the center of a $500,000 breakup battle royale. he is the star of sammyandthecity.com, a wildly popular web site showcasing the photogenic pomeranians adv...

In the first 48 hours. >> reporter: thousands are without power in west virginia. mary young has a well but no electricity to run it. that means no water. >> we came and got some water here. but it is 104 degrees up in the shade at our house now. >> reporter: for those that dont have power, the heat is unfortunately expected to last several more days. it is going to be a scorcher of a 4th of july today. rob, sunny, back to you. >> hot holiday indeed. thanks, karen. and it got so hot in the sta...

When it went off the air it was the number-one-rated program. 20 years later, griffith made a come back as yet another southerner, this time a guitar playing lawyer, named ben matlock. >> you have no idea. he didnt think for a minute that you would kill him first. >> reporter: fans and friends are now leaving flowers at griffiths star on the hollywood walk of fame. elements of griffiths personal life would have distressed aunt bea, he was married three times. he once said he wished he could have...

Sign up at rid-x.com. [ "jaws" theme plays ] im hungry -- sorry. mm, thats good. >> you recognize that music, right, "jaws" music. if you are a parent as i am, you know we do everything possible to keep our children safe. so imagine, just imagine, potentially -- intentionally, rather, putting them at risk just feet from the teeth of hungry sharks. >> i dont get this at all. some connecticut parents thought that was a fine idea. when they posted the adventure on youtube no less. heres abcs bazi...

$500,000 lawsuit for his share of the rights telling the paper this is one of the biggest atrocities that ever happened to a family. in a statement, kimara says she hasnt seen any lawsuit and there is no money to fight over. writing, "truth is, i never made a dime. no offers were ever made." but the fight over this little looker is more about cash than custody. and it is turning ugly. smith says his ex allegedly stole his ipad, deleted all of sammys pictures and yanked his access to their online...